On March 10, 2020, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed a New Jersey Appellate Division ruling that allowed an employee to sue his employer under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) for failing to...
Employment Law Letter
During the current pandemic, with stay-at-home orders in place, many are finding challenges working from home. From loud new “coworkers” to the exhaustion of adjusting to new technologies, there’s a lot to deal with...
Under increasing pressure to provide substantive guidance to businesses poised to reopen and rebound from the pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a 60-page guide believed to be...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule giving the secretary of labor the authority to review, modify, and overturn decisions of the Administrative Review Board (ARB). The ARB makes administrative...
On May 7, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it would delay until 2021 the collection of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 Report because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency will collect...
Based on recent conversations with the agency's leadership, contractors should not be surprised if the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP): Issues a new corporate scheduling announcement letter (CSAL)...
As the national epidemic of shuttered businesses, unemployment, and cabin fever reaches unimagined proportions, there is an understandable desire to “return to normalcy,” to save a job, rescue a business, grab a burger...
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently dismissed most of the U.S. Women's National Team's (WNT) equal pay claims. The decision in Morgan, et al. v. U.S. Soccer Federation, Inc. relied...
In a case involving the Veterans Medical Center in Bay Pines, Florida, an 8-1 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a decision that makes it easier for federal employees to prove age discrimination. The high...
As shelter-at-home (SAH) orders for many states during the COVID-19 outbreak have begun expiring, companies across the country are starting to think about how and under what circumstances they will reopen. Although it’s...
Q We have an employee who wants to drop our medical coverage to join her father's policy. Is it possible for her to drop coverage mid-year and join her father's plan? A Typically, outside of open enrollment periods...
Roughly a month after Idaho Governor Brad Little’s initial statewide stay-at-home order as part of the emergency response to COVID-19, it may be a great time to consider the ways we can capitalize on this disruptive...
Q We fired an employee because of theft, and he is currently incarcerated. Do we have to offer COBRA due to these circumstances? Under COBRA, a covered employee's termination is a qualifying event for continued group...
Earlier this year, we wrote about an Illinois teacher who tried to use paid sick leave at the start of a new school year, even though her baby was born in the previous school year (see “’We were on a break’—school...
In a recent ruling, the 7th Circuit (whose rulings apply to all Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin employers) emphasized that a disability neither allows poor performance nor entitles an employee to erratic, unexcused...